Monday - SOUTH CANTERBURY HOLIDAY Tuesday - Snow club away at Cardrona ... good luck and have a great day! Wednesday - Scottish Afternoon tea for juniors 1.30 - 2.05pm read stories to juniors and Miss McLennan provide afternoon tea Thursday 9.30am - 10.30 Scottish Party .... board games, card games, Scottish food. Friday - END OF TERM ASSEMBLY in the EVENTS CENTRE
Congratulations to these Year 7 Term 3 STRIVING AWARD recipients
Nice one Christine ... the band sounded well rehearsed
Time to try out all the board games that were made for our Scottish Study
Best efforts for castle making and adding information about Scotland to our topic board and wiki page
Tom's card game about Scottish Castles is a very clever adaptation. Thanks Tom!
Who saw Hayden and his Dad on Fair Go on Monday night?
Week 9 Monday - Snow Day notices for Wednesday went out today .... Caleb, Tom, Olivia, Jacob,India Tuesday - (Finalise class party/Scottish games day for next week).... probably on Wednesday ... not on Tuesday as snow club going to Cardrona all day. Wednesday - Snow Day Ohau for Snow Club People Thursday - Friday - Make sure our Scottish Stories have been published by today
(Afternoon watching Junior Drama Festival)
M1 helped with the makeup for Room 9's drama production.
Remember the Commonwealth Games, late August/early July 2014, well, Sports News Show The Crowd Goes Wild (weeknights, 7pm, Prime, My favourite TV Programme!) did a song called On The Dais, I think it is a spoof of a song but I'm not sure which song?
Week 8 Term 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday - Snow Club; Tom, Caleb, Jacob, India
Awesome effort Jaimee for the North Otago Netball season
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ...
A class visit to Larnach Castle didn't work out ... but we will have an excursion next term related to our Financial Literacy Unit.
The proposed date to travel to Dunedin to tour Larnach Castle is MONDAY 22nd September (That's a Sth Canterbury holiday)
Depart 9am (arrive at the Castle 12.30pm)
Tour Castle till 2pm
Be back in Twizel 5.30pm
Cost per student, castle entry fee $10 plus transportation = $35.00
Bring your own picnic lunch
15 students and 3 adults 1 van (12 passengers) and 1 car (6 passengers) Week 7 Term 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday - Student Council Meeting 1.10pm Report ; talked about TAS World Vision Child and saw a photo of her. Talked about Mufti Day to raise money for our World Vision child ... what themes would be appropriate? Talked about tables for the senior foyer .... is it a good idea, what do people want, who will look after that area and keep it tidy. Senior toilets are going to be upgraded. Thursday - Year 2 students to listen to Scottish stories Friday - Snow Club today
We read traditional Scottish tales to students in Room 9. They liked it when we used expressive voices.
Those kids look really interested Jacob!
What is your buddy drawing Sarah?
Add your favourite recipe to our recipe page on the wiki
Week 6 Term 3
Monday - Good luck to the Cross Country qualifiers representing the school at the North Otago Event this afternoon!
- auditions at morning tea time for Mrs Potter's Production Tuesday - Years 1 - 6 Maths evening Wednesday - Thursday - Visiting theatre group performing "Munted" .... a performance by three people about the Christchurch Earthquake ... how would you have done such a performance based on your NZ disaster? $10 for students Friday -
Awesome castle Jaimee
We watched a senior production today .... the characters were very believable!
WHITEBAIT - how did we end up talking about whitebait this week?
We started talking about because I told my news about my weekend white-baiting on the west coastup the Cascade!-Ellen
this looks like a photo shop edit not a real sword.
Here is Tom, Kian and Ellen working with yellow maths blocks, they nicknamed the blocks "Cheese" because the blocks look like cut-up Cheese. We were learning about square roots and cubed numbers.
MUNTED -a documentary theatre project exploring the experience of the February 22nd Christchurch Earthquake
TWIZEL: Thursday 28 August @ 7.30pm
Events Centre
Twizel
$20 Adults; $10 Students
Book tickets at: Twizel Information Centre and Mackenzie Lotto Plus
“I truly believe MUNTED is a show as many New Zealanders as possible should see. This earthquake didn't just affect the people of Christchurch…it affected us all. We all felt their grief, their stories. This play is phenomenal and Bare Hunt's almost sold-out Wellington season proves this is something we want to see” Matt Mclean, TVNZ Journalist.
This piece is specifically made from and for a recent event in New Zealand history, the objective of the work is to value and encourage story-telling in the community.
This piece of theatre is edited together from interviews with reporters and the community, it's a local tale told with humour and Kiwi honesty.
“A series of vignettes (brief, quietly touching or appealing scenes or episodes in a play) that are intriguing, humorous, and really quite moving…unusual and interesting
A percentage (5%) of ticket sales will be given back to the Christchurch Community.
Week 5 Term 3
Monday - CROSS COUNTRY OMARAMA
Tuesday -
Wednesday -
Thursday - TEACHER ONLY DAY
Friday - TEACHER ONLY DAY
Congratulations Hayden, Jaimee and Ellen for qualifying to go to the North Otago Cross Country next Monday !
You leave school at 1:40 and you need the permission slips signed and returned before then.
Looks like Ellen and Jaimee are running good.
AJ Smiles as he runs while Hayden is focus on running, the Cross-Country was TOUGH, Hayden, Caleb and Tom estimated that the run was 2.5km
The competition from Omarama and Duntroon students was strong.
GO SARAH GO!!
Samjhana's first time at doing cross-country running
India focuses on running the Cross-Country while Mackenzie does something with her arms because her ribs were hurting.
Week 4 Term 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday : Class ski trip to Ohau if weather permits. (At 6am, clear and calm. Expecting a mostly fine day with some random snow showers and moderate SW. Cold, dress warmly.) Thursday Friday
The Day at Ohau ....
Base at Snow Mat
65cm
Base at Top of Chair
115cm
New Snow
2cm on Wednesday 13 Aug 2014
Further Information
Excellent snow conditions. Groomed squeaky snow on trails. Still some untracked off piste and a little bit of fresh over night, take care of rocks just under surface.
Lifts
Double Chair :
Open
Platter :
Open
Snow Mat :
Open
Um ... a lot of photos didn't turn out sorry team! I think I have to check the settings on the camera. Looking forward to hearing how your day on the snow was.
Great Mi class ski trip photo!
Iain on a snow board
Week 3 Term 3
What Is Metacognition?
Metacognition refers to awareness of one’s own knowledge—what one does and doesn’t know—and one’s ability to understand, control, and manipulate one’s cognitive processes (Meichenbaum, 1985). It includes knowing when and where to use particular strategies for learning and problem solving as well as how and why to use specific strategies.
Monday - take home class ski trip on the 13th August notices to be signed
Tuesday -
Wednesday - School Photos
Thursday -
Friday - Snow Club
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Year 7 and 8 students representing TAS at the Aoraki Maths Competition in Timaru. Miss McLennan drove us down there. We didn't get back till after 11pm!
The Year 7 team at the Aoraki Maths Competition in Timaru. It sounded like it was a great experience. I wonder who will go next year?
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Week 2 Term 3
We are right on to it ... there are a few interruptions, but we are all finding ways to enhance our learning ... even if we are off sick or away skiing ;)
Monday - Miss McLennan learns about educational apps for Year 7s!
Tuesday - ICAS English
Wednesday - (School photos NEXT Wednesday)
Thursday - Race Team Skiing (cancelled due to high winds)
Friday - Snow Club (cancelled due to bad weather)
Look at the camera Tom. "These are my new books!" said Tom
First Castle. Well done
What are you guys thinking about?
We are learning how to compete in the Aoraki Maths Competition
Week 1 Term 3
Welcome back everyone ... I hope you have all had a wonderfully relaxing holiday!
Monday - after lunch we have a visitor to talk to us about FINANCIAL LITERACY ...it's called the GET WISE PROGRAMME Tuesday - Language OPTIONS start today in 2b ... you have the choice of doing Te Reo with Mrs Sweney, French with Mrs Potter or German with Miss McLennan Wednesday - we have three weeks to train for the AORAKI MATHS COMPETITION ... lets get PROBLEM SOLVING! Thursday - M1 starts Technology with Mr White after morning tea. Friday - Some of you will be away skiing ... we also need to talk about our class ski trip
Mackenzie is on the front page for promoting skiing at Ohau
Thank you Tom! This is a yeast doughnut ... it was delicious.
Monday - SOUTH CANTERBURY HOLIDAY
Tuesday - Snow club away at Cardrona ... good luck and have a great day!
Wednesday - Scottish Afternoon tea for juniors 1.30 - 2.05pm read stories to juniors and Miss McLennan provide afternoon tea
Thursday 9.30am - 10.30 Scottish Party .... board games, card games, Scottish food.
Friday - END OF TERM ASSEMBLY in the EVENTS CENTRE
Week 9
Monday - Snow Day notices for Wednesday went out today .... Caleb, Tom, Olivia, Jacob,India
Tuesday - (Finalise class party/Scottish games day for next week).... probably on Wednesday ... not on Tuesday as snow club going to Cardrona all day.
Wednesday - Snow Day Ohau for Snow Club People
Thursday -
Friday - Make sure our Scottish Stories have been published by today
(Afternoon watching Junior Drama Festival)
Remember the Commonwealth Games, late August/early July 2014, well, Sports News Show The Crowd Goes Wild (weeknights, 7pm, Prime, My favourite TV Programme!) did a song called On The Dais, I think it is a spoof of a song but I'm not sure which song?
Week 8 Term 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday - Snow Club; Tom, Caleb, Jacob, India
Goldilocks and the Three Bears ...
A class visit to Larnach Castle didn't work out ... but we will have an excursion next term related to our Financial Literacy Unit.
Depart 9am (arrive at the Castle 12.30pm)
Tour Castle till 2pm
Be back in Twizel 5.30pm
Cost per student, castle entry fee $10 plus transportation = $35.00
Bring your own picnic lunch
15 students and 3 adults 1 van (12 passengers) and 1 car (6 passengers)
Week 7 Term 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday - Student Council Meeting 1.10pm Report ; talked about TAS World Vision Child and saw a photo of her. Talked about Mufti Day to raise money for our World Vision child ... what themes would be appropriate? Talked about tables for the senior foyer .... is it a good idea, what do people want, who will look after that area and keep it tidy. Senior toilets are going to be upgraded.
Thursday - Year 2 students to listen to Scottish stories
Friday - Snow Club today
Week 6 Term 3
Monday - Good luck to the Cross Country qualifiers representing the school at the North Otago Event this afternoon!
- auditions at morning tea time for Mrs Potter's Production
Tuesday - Years 1 - 6 Maths evening
Wednesday -
Thursday - Visiting theatre group performing "Munted" .... a performance by three people about the Christchurch Earthquake ... how would you have done such a performance based on your NZ disaster? $10 for students
Friday -
We started talking about because I told my news about my weekend white-baiting on the west coastup the Cascade!-Ellen
MUNTED - a documentary theatre project exploring the experience of the February 22nd Christchurch Earthquake
Events Centre
Twizel
$20 Adults; $10 Students
Book tickets at: Twizel Information Centre and Mackenzie Lotto Plus
“I truly believe MUNTED is a show as many New Zealanders as possible should see. This earthquake didn't just affect the people of Christchurch…it affected us all. We all felt their grief, their stories. This play is phenomenal and Bare Hunt's almost sold-out Wellington season proves this is something we want to see” Matt Mclean, TVNZ Journalist.
This piece is specifically made from and for a recent event in New Zealand history, the objective of the work is to value and encourage story-telling in the community.
A percentage (5%) of ticket sales will be given back to the Christchurch Community.
Week 5 Term 3
Monday - CROSS COUNTRY OMARAMA
Tuesday -
Wednesday -
Thursday - TEACHER ONLY DAY
Friday - TEACHER ONLY DAY
Congratulations Hayden, Jaimee and Ellen for qualifying to go to the North Otago Cross Country next Monday !
You leave school at 1:40 and you need the permission slips signed and returned before then.
Week 4 Term 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday : Class ski trip to Ohau if weather permits. (At 6am, clear and calm. Expecting a mostly fine day with some random snow showers and moderate SW. Cold, dress warmly.)
Thursday
Friday
The Day at Ohau ....
Base at Snow Mat
65cmBase at Top of Chair
115cmNew Snow
2cm on Wednesday 13 Aug 2014Further Information
Excellent snow conditions. Groomed squeaky snow on trails. Still some untracked off piste and a little bit of fresh over night, take care of rocks just under surface.Lifts
Double Chair :
OpenPlatter :
OpenSnow Mat :
OpenUm ... a lot of photos didn't turn out sorry team! I think I have to check the settings on the camera. Looking forward to hearing how your day on the snow was.
Week 3 Term 3
What Is Metacognition?
Metacognition refers to awareness of one’s own knowledge—what one does and doesn’t know—and one’s ability to understand, control, and manipulate one’s cognitive processes (Meichenbaum, 1985). It includes knowing when and where to use particular strategies for learning and problem solving as well as how and why to use specific strategies.Monday - take home class ski trip on the 13th August notices to be signed
Tuesday -
Wednesday - School Photos
Thursday -
Friday - Snow Club
=
Week 2 Term 3
We are right on to it ... there are a few interruptions, but we are all finding ways to enhance our learning ... even if we are off sick or away skiing ;)Monday - Miss McLennan learns about educational apps for Year 7s!
Tuesday - ICAS English
Wednesday - (School photos NEXT Wednesday)
Thursday - Race Team Skiing (cancelled due to high winds)
Friday - Snow Club (cancelled due to bad weather)
Week 1 Term 3
Welcome back everyone ... I hope you have all had a wonderfully relaxing holiday!Monday - after lunch we have a visitor to talk to us about FINANCIAL LITERACY ...it's called the GET WISE PROGRAMME
Tuesday - Language OPTIONS start today in 2b ... you have the choice of doing Te Reo with Mrs Sweney, French with Mrs Potter or German with Miss McLennan
Wednesday - we have three weeks to train for the AORAKI MATHS COMPETITION ... lets get PROBLEM SOLVING!
Thursday - M1 starts Technology with Mr White after morning tea.
Friday - Some of you will be away skiing ... we also need to talk about our class ski trip